Last year Meshell Ndegeocello released her tenth studio album, Pour une Âme Souveraine: A Dedication to Nina Simone, where Meshell reworks some of the songs written by and for Nina Simone.
‘Suzanne’ is one of the songs lifted from this album, originally written by Leonard Cohen and covered by Nina Simone. Inspired by the song’s lyrics – Suzanne’s “place by the river” – Meshell invited her fans to submit photos of their own place by the river to make a video for the song. Watch it below.
The Lumerians have premiered a bonkers short animated film for their song ‘Smokies Tangle’, off their recently released album The High Frontier. Entitled Smokie and Lady Chronus, the video portrays a berserk love story between different species. Geoffrey Lillemon wrote and directed the effort, be sure to check it out below.
The High Frontier is out now via Partisan Records.
Animal Eyes are a vibrant genre-defying five piece hailing from Alaska and now based in Portland, Oregon.
Last Tuesday saw them releasing a new EP entitled Ursus. Head over to their bandcamp to get your hands on it. To lure you into their sound, here’s the EP’s opener ‘Bender’ and a live video for the closing track ‘Grizzly Bear’.
The first thing worth noting about London based musician Vincent Oliver is the lyrical humour and experimental pop creativity abounding in his musical compositions. True to form, his latest nugget ‘Oprah Thatcher’ is an euphoric and catchy track, bound to make you dance and laugh.
Co-mixed by Charlie Alex March, ‘Oprah Thatcher’ also features guest contributions from Chris Cundy (Saxophones), Sarah Jones (Backing vocals) and Daniel Lovegrove (Guitar).
Clocking in at just over two and a half minutes, never before has the ‘repeat’ button come in so handy.
Coinciding with the release of Feelin’ Good, the new album from Nightmares On Wax, his latest single ‘Be, I Do’ has just been given the visual treatment. The video amalgamates footage of Nightmares On Wax on tour and in the studio throughout the years blended with animations by Alden Volney.
In other related news, next month Nightmares on Wax will embark on an extensive tour in support of the new album. George Evelyn, the man behind Nightmares on Wax, and his live band, recruited vocalists Ricky Ranking & Mozez (Zero 7), percussionist Shovell (M People) and drummer Grant Kershaw to join them on the tour. Catch them if you can and right now watch the video for ‘Be, I Do’.
Feelin’ Good is out now via Warp.
With less than two weeks to go till The Oscillation‘s new album From Tomorrow gets released, the British psych karutrockers are keeping us excited about it. Following the first cut ‘No Place To Go’ shared earlier this month, we’re now getting another groovy, hypnotic and blistering taste off From Tomorrow with ‘All You Want To Be’. Listen to it below.
From Tomorrow is out on September 30th via Hands in the Dark / All Time Low.
